The Soul Brothers from South Africa 1978
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Album:The Best Of
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Track:Mantombazane
ivylander did us all a favor today by declaring Tuesday African music day, so late in the day, PST, I'm getting in on the action. Here are two tracks from 1978 by the Soul Brothers, one of the most popular South African acts of the 1980s. They played a style of pop music called mbaqanga. The track above was a big hit of theirs, "Mantombazane," from their album of the same name, and the one in the first comment is an instrumental called "The Sweet Life," from their album Ake Niyeke Botsotsi
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Comments (21)
Wow! Love this! The organ in "Mantombazane" had me hooked right from the beginning. “The Sweet Life" is a musical gem too! Thanks for posting both of these today.
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Spike, those are awesome tracks and i delighted in the organ along with everyone. i did not know The Soul Brothers until today - thanks for the intro - tho i kind of knew a funkisized version of mbaqanga from Hugh Masekela's Techno-Bush. Africa Tuesday rocks.
off-topic and somewhat related to your previous post - your mighty fine and thoroughly attributed Jazz #3 Muxtape comp, i never had a chance to thank you for the Stephen Calt liner notes you left on Cody's Diamond Joe post. i don't know Calt by name but since Delta blues greats and Yazoo were invoked, i trust he was in good company and that excerpt was a gem in itself. (:
poebegone, I'm really glad you liked my African and jazz offerings. I'll try to check out Hugh Masakela's Techno-Bush.
I wasn't sure if you caught my Stephen Calt comment. At first it showed up on the post right after yours, but then it shifted around so that you might not have gotten the email notification. I was thinking of Mogmailing you, but figured that would seem grandiose on my part.
Spike, can you tell the load of my days by the turnaround time of this conversation? (: I had a similar reaction - by the time I got back to the post, the thread had shifted subjects and I figured you would not have been notified of my response anyway. Thus I decided to bring it here. Your mogmails are most welcome, of course. Also, thanks for acquainting me with Stephen Calt, I've added him to my list of things on which to get educated.